incircumscriptible means capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable. It carries an Arena rating of 1350, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, incircumscriptible ranks #35 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #144 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #1,305 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #3,882 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “incircumscriptible” is a great word
Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable. From the Latin prefix in- ("not") + circumscriptibilis ("capable of being circumscribed"), from circumscribere ("to draw a line around, limit"). First attested in English c. 1550. Unlike "infinite" (which asserts an absolute lack of termination) or "circumscribed" (which is precisely the condition of being bounded), incircumscriptible denotes an inherent, active resistance to being penned in. It is the ocean that refuses the cartographer's pen, the horizon that retreats as you approach, the sky that deepens rather than ends—the stubborn resistance of the real to our desire to draw a line around it and say: here, and no further.
Etymology
From in- + circumscriptible.
adj
- Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.
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